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exhilaration

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of exhilaration

1 a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings
  • the lavish spectacle results in one exhilaration after another
Synonyms of exhilaration

bang, boot, charge, frisson, jollies, kick, rush, thrill, titillation, wallop
Words Related to exhilaration

arousal, buzz, electrification, high, intoxication

jolt, shock, surprise (also surprize)

delectation, delight, enjoyment, joy, lift, pleasure

amusement, diversion, entertainment, fun, treat
2 a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
  • the exhilaration of victory that spectators get to witness at the Olympic Games
Synonyms of exhilaration

cloud nine, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, heaven, high, intoxication, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, swoon, transport
Words Related to exhilaration

exaltation

blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, delight, enchantment, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure

reverie, trance

inspiration

fervor, frenzy, madness, passion

cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness
Near Antonyms of exhilaration

misery, sadness, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness

blues, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, melancholy, mopes
Antonyms of exhilaration

depression

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